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Working Paper
Estimates of the Population Experiencing Homelessness and Living in Shelters
This paper provides estimates and explores the demographics of the population experiencing homelessness and living in shelters using the 2018-2022 5-year ACS.


Publication
Commuting in the United States: 2022
More than 15 percent of workers worked from home, and the share of workers who commuted by public transportation remained low by historical standards.


Working Paper
Explainable Artificial Intelligence
Unlock the power of artificial intelligence for fairness in demographic models!


Working Paper
Connected And Uncooperative: The Effects Of Homogenous And Exclusive Social Networks On Survey Response Rates And Nonresponse Bias
We find that areas of the United States where people have more exclusive and homogenous social networks have higher nonresponse bias in the ACS.


Working Paper
Acreage Administrative Records Data Research for the American Community Survey
This report contains results of research that led to an innovative approach to using administrative records on the American Community Survey.


Working Paper
2022 American Community Survey Content Test Evaluation Report: Exploratory Analysis for Industry and Occupation and Class of Worker
Exploratory analysis of class of worker, industry, and occupation using results from the 2022 ACS Content Test.


Working Paper
2022 American Community Survey Content Test: Labor Force
Results from the 2022 ACS Content Test of the Labor Force series of questions.


Publication
Household Income in States and Metropolitan Areas: 2022
This report presents data on median household income and the Gini index of income inequality based on the 2021 and 2022 American Community Surveys (ACS).


Publication
Poverty in States and Metropolitan Areas: 2022
This brief uses the 2021 and 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates to analyze poverty rates for the nation, states, and metropolitan areas.


Working Paper
2022 American Community Survey Content Test Evaluation Report: Respondent Burden
Results from the 2022 ACS Content Test respondent burden analysis.


Working Paper
2022 American Community Survey Content Test: Household Roster
Results from the 2022 ACS Content Test of the questions about household roster.


Working Paper
2022 American Community Survey Content Test: Health Insurance
Results from the 2022 ACS Content Test of the questions about health insurance.


Working Paper
2022 American Community Survey Content Test Evaluation Report: Sewer
Results from the 2022 ACS Content Test of the sewer question.


Working Paper
2022 American Community Survey Content Test: Educational Attainment
Results from the 2022 ACS Content Test of the question about educational attainment.


Working Paper
2022 American Community Survey Content Test: Income
Results from the 2022 ACS Content Test of the questions about Income.


Working Paper
2022 American Community Survey Content Test: Electric Vehicles
Results from the 2022 ACS Content Test of the Electric Vehicles question.


Working Paper
2022 American Community Survey Content Test: SNAP
Results from the 2022 ACS Content Test of the questions about SNAP.


Working Paper
2022 American Community Survey Content Test: Solar Panels
Results from the 2022 ACS Content Test of the question about solar panels.


Working Paper
2022 American Community Survey Content Test Evaluation Report: Disability
Results from the 2022 ACS Content Test of the questions about disability.


Working Paper
Testing of 2020 ACS Strategic Framework Mail Materials
Alternative designs used plain language principles, color, icons, pictures, and novel structure.


Working Paper
2022 American Community Survey Content Test Evaluation Report: Unit-Level Response
Results from the 2022 ACS Content Test report for the unit-level response analysis.


Publication
Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type by Geography: 2021 and 2022
This brief uses the 2021 and 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates to examine state differences in health insurance coverage status and type.


Working Paper
Understanding Changes in Bachelor's Degree Attainment
This working paper uses ACS 5-year datasets to examine county-level changes in educational attainment from 2005 to 2019.


Publication
2014-2018 EEO Tabulation: Technical Documentation
This report provides guidance on how to use and access the 2014-2018 Equal Employment Opportunity Tabulation.


Publication
Aging Veterans: America's Veterans in Later Life
Older veterans are less likely to be living in poverty and less likely to socially isolated than other older adults who never served in the armed forces.


Publication
Migration in the United States: 2006 to 2019
Both the number of movers and the percentage of people moving declined from 2006 to 2019, and movers became more likely to cross certain geographic boundaries.


Working Paper
Uses of Decennial Census Programs Data in Federal Funds Distribution
This working paper documents an updated estimate of the allocation of federal funds distributed in whole or in part using Decennial Census Programs data.


Publication
School Enrollment in the United States: 2021
This report provides a comprehensive picture of the state of school enrollment using recently released data from the American Community Survey (ACS).


Working Paper
2021 ACS Strategic Framework Mail Materials Test Report
This report discusses the effect of new ACS mail materials, which were designed holistically using best practices in communications, on survey response.


Working Paper
2021 Regional Office Internet Letter Test
This report discusses the results of an experiment testing the effect of changes to the Internet Letter set during the CAPI operation.


Publication
Persistent Poverty in Counties and Census Tracts
This brief uses data from the past 30 years to determine both counties and census tracts in persistent poverty.


Publication
Home-Based Workers and the COVID-19 Pandemic
The changed commuting patterns associated with the pandemic reflect uneven adoption of home-based work along a variety of key population characteristics.


Working Paper
2021 Initial Mailing Pressure Seal Test
This report discusses the results of an experiment testing the use of a pressure seal letter for the first ACS mailing instead of an initial mail package.


America Counts Story
More Education Does Not Erase Racial Disparities in Health Coverage
Adults with a high school education or less have higher uninsured rates than those more educated. Racial/ethnic inequalities exist even among the more educated.


Working Paper
Web Respondents' Interaction with the ACS Health Insurance Questions
This paper evaluates web survey respondents’ interaction with the ACS health insurance questions using 2019 ACS web survey paradata.


Publication
Archived Design and Methodology Report
Archived ACS Design and Methodology Reports include the first report from 2006, two revised editions, and revised chapters describing key design changes.

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